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The 40th Infantry Division or also known as the "Sunshine Division is a modular division of the United States Military. The division has become a four brigade combat team together with the National Guardsmen from throughout the Western Pacific and Oceania. The division was formed in 1917 at Camp Kearny near San Diego, California.

The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunshine Division") is a modular division of the United States Army. Following the army's modularization the division has become a four brigade combat team division with National Guardsmen from throughout the Pacific/Western United States and Oceania. Its division headquarters is located at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California.After seeing service in World War I as a depot division, it was reorganized as the National Guard division for California, Nevada, and Utah, before seeing service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Later, the division served in Korea and some of its units were designated for Vietnam. The division was later reorganized redesigned as a National Gua...